Species list, Checklist of Order Phthiraptera (Sucking and biting lice) for Virginia (USA)

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Checklist of Order Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 (Sucking and biting lice)
for Virginia (USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	522 4720 9946	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	520 4716 9941	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	494 4590 9612	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	93 553 1118	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 Sucking and biting lice	5 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Virginia
5 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 1929		2	Species	Taxom
Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910	Bird lice	1	Species	Taxom
Polyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912	Spiny rat lice	1	Species	Taxom
Pthiridae Leach, 1817		1	Species	Taxom
Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Virginia
6 Genera with 7 Species

Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1921		2	Species	Taxom
Machaerilaemus Harrison, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Polyplax Enderlein, 1839		2	Species	Taxom
Pthirus Leach, 1758	Crab lice	1	Species	Taxom
Saemundssonia Timmermann, 1842		1	Species	Taxom
Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1973		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Virginia
7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Hoplopleura nesoryzomydis Ferris, 1921
Hoplopleura oenomydis Ferris, 1921	Sucking lice
Machaerilaemus maestus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Polyplax spinulosa Burmeister, 1839	Rat louse
Pthirus pubis Linnaeus, 1758	Crab Louse
Saemundssonia platygaster platygaster Denny, 1842
Strigiphilus acadicus Emerson, 1973

Subnodes of Phthiraptera with occurrences in Virginia

Suborder

Anoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice

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4

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Phthiraptera at artfakta.se
Phthiraptera at dyntaxa.se
Phthiraptera at irmng.org
Phthiraptera at marinespecies.org